Critics have tended to exploit this detail of an Ellen White vision in which she reported seeing the angels use a golden card to enter and exit heaven. The following aerticle provides an elegant response to the charges.

It has been said that Ellen Whites views on the Investigative Judgment are antithetical to the gospel. The chapter “Facing Life’s Record” in her signature book The Great Controversy outlines her Investigative Judgment theology. In this article, the entire chapter is analyzed paragraph by paragraph to demonstrate its compatibility with the Arminian-Wesleyan understanding of the gospel.